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Khan Academy
Free educational videos from Khan Academy covering math, science, history, grammar, and many other subjects.
Storyline Online
Award-winning actors read children’s books aloud with activity guides.
Open Learning Labs
Free video lessons, browser games, and learning puzzles in math, science, reading, and social studies for children ages 5-11.
Alphablocks
Phonics, letter sounds, spelling, and early reading videos from the official Alphablocks channel.
World Book Day
Official World Book Day videos, author content, reading inspiration, and book-related activities for children and families.
Khan Academy Kids YouTube
Khan Academy Kids videos support early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, stories, songs, and school readiness for young children.
Super Simple Songs
Songs, nursery rhymes, movement, and early-learning routines for young children.
PBS KIDS YouTube
The official PBS KIDS YouTube channel with clips, songs, stories, and educational video series for young children and families.
Sesame Street YouTube
The official Sesame Street channel with songs, stories, social-emotional learning, early literacy, and playful preschool videos.
Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel
Research-informed movement, counting, literacy, and classroom songs that help young children learn through music and exercise.
SciShow Kids YouTube
SciShow Kids answers children’s questions about animals, nature, science, technology, and the world with friendly explanations.
Storynory
Free audio stories, fairy tales, myths, poems, and original adventures for children and families.
CellieKids
Free educational videos, games, songs, activities, and printables for children ages 2-9.
Natural Inquirer
USDA Forest Service science readers, activity books, lesson material, and virtual learning adventures for PreK through grade 12.
Naperville Public Library Children’s Digital Library
A public-library digital collection with children’s ebooks, audiobooks, animated storybooks, read-alongs, movies, language resources, and kid-focused streaming platforms.
Reach Out and Read Is On the Air
Reach Out and Read’s official podcast connects childhood health, early literacy, books, and family relationships through conversations with pediatricians, librarians, and other experts.
Michigan Learning Channel
Michigan Learning Channel provides on-demand educational programs, family learning resources, literacy and math shows, DIY science videos, and selected Spanish and Arabic content through its website and YouTube channel.
In It Podcast
Understood’s podcast about supporting kids who learn and think differently, with conversations about reading, math, focus, ADHD, dyslexia, school support, and family life.
StoryKind
StoryKind is a free children’s literacy podcast hosted by authors Kelly Yang and Kate DiCamillo, with storytelling advice, young-reader questions, author perspectives, and new episodes for kids ages 8 and up.
Literacy LIFTER
The Iowa Reading Research Center’s free LIFTER tool supports handwriting and early reading with evidence-based letter instruction, videos, assessments, and English/Spanish worksheets.
The Singing Walrus
English songs, phonics, movement, and classroom-friendly videos for young language learners.
North Vancouver City Library Children’s Community Hub
A public-library children’s hub with storytimes, take-and-make kits, kid-friendly meditation, homework help, digital picture books, and family programs.
Rolling Meadows Library Storytime at Home
A public-library storytime hub with free read-alongs, interactive storybooks, recommended storytime channels, Spanish options, and direct links to children’s reading platforms.
Milwaukee Public Museum Early Learning Virtual Resources
Milwaukee Public Museum’s Early Learning collection gives PreK–K learners science, literacy, math, art, music, movement, and at-home activities organized around animals, dinosaurs, bugs, ecosystems, and neighborhoods.
NC Literacy at Home
North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction Literacy at Home hub provides grade-level family activities from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade covering phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language.
DoodleBeez
DoodleBeez is an ad-free learning app for ages 3–10 combining read-aloud picture books, step-by-step drawing, games, kindness and money stories, printables, and spoken support in nine languages.
Stackadoo
A browser-based educational building game where children in grades 2–5 solve maths, reading, spelling, and grammar challenges to earn blocks and build 3D worlds.
Horrible Histories Official
The official Horrible Histories channel brings comedy, songs, sketches, and stories to historical people, events, and everyday life.
Mighty Little Monkey
Mighty Little Monkey is a bilingual read-along app retelling Journey to the West in fifty picture books with word-by-word narration, quizzes, vocabulary, two reading levels, and twelve language options.
San Francisco Public Library Virtual Library for Kids
San Francisco Public Library’s virtual library for kids brings together ebooks, audiobooks, streaming media, homework help, STEM resources, language learning, storytimes, and family learning links for children and caregivers.
District of Columbia Public Library Kids
DC Public Library’s kids hub connects families to digital books, audiobooks, read-alongs, Kanopy Kids, science and homework databases, reading lists, Books from Birth, and educator support.
Nebraska Family and Early Literacy Resources
Nebraska Department of Education’s family literacy hub collects read-aloud guidance, food-themed literacy toolkits, bilingual family resources, videos, and downloadable reading plans.
Museum of the American Revolution At-Home Activities
The Museum of the American Revolution’s at-home collection combines a virtual museum tour, historical timeline, children’s readings, crafts, coloring pages, virtual field trips, and family-friendly history resources.
MocomiKids
Child-focused videos, stories, facts, mythology, science, and general-knowledge explorations.
Southeast Arkansas Regional Library Kids Activities
Southeast Arkansas Regional Library’s kids hub combines ready-to-go activity packets, digital literacy and learning links, story resources, reading apps, and family library services.
Kids Story Book
Interactive rhymes, storybooks, counting, shapes, pre-writing activities, and games for young children.
Storyline Online YouTube
Official read-aloud videos from the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, paired with activity guides.
Livermore Public Library Fun & Games
A public-library collection of family activities including neighborhood bingo, book-title scavenger hunts, secret messages, and Creative Kids at Home videos.
FUNetix
FUNetix is a free reading app and browser module for children ages 5–9, using a game-like 12-hour curriculum to move from alphabet knowledge toward an approximate second-grade reading level.
Dexplorers
Dexplorers is a screen-free history adventure podcast for children and families, using mystery stories, real historical settings, short episodes, and free colouring pages.
White House Summer Reading Challenge 2026
The White House Summer Reading Challenge encouraged children entering kindergarten through eighth grade to read 12 books, track them in an official log, and submit their progress for certificates, bookmarks, and prize eligibility.
Mitch & Chlo: Make It Up
Mitch & Chlo’s Make It Up is a weekly children’s podcast and video show where submitted story ideas become playful audio adventures for young listeners.
Reading With Power
Free read-aloud videos, live reading sessions, and family guidance designed to make children’s reading more accessible.
Socratica Kids
Socratica Kids videos introduce young learners to science, nature, music, stories, and foundational ideas through animated explanations.
HooplaKidz
Nursery rhymes, songs, stories, and early-learning videos for preschool children, toddlers, and families.
CBeebies
BBC children’s content with stories, songs, science, nature, and early-learning programs.